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The Arts & Business Council, a nonprofit serving Nashville's
arts community, is partnering with Belmont University as a
nonprofit-in-residence, moving its office from the Trolley Barns to
Belmont's campus.

The Arts & Business Council, a nonprofit serving Nashville's arts community, is partnering with Belmont University as a nonprofit-in-residence, moving its office from the Trolley Barns to Belmont's campus.

"Partnering with the Arts & Business Council makes perfect sense in light of Belmont's vision for increased engagement with and service to the Nashville community," Belmont President Bob Fisher, and board member of the council, said in an email. "This partnership allows our students more opportunities for experiential education in a number of areas that represent popular fields of study, including music business, the performing arts, business and law."

The Arts & Business Council connects artists with business leaders and lawyers to help navigate legal or financial matters, and offers a professional development program for artists. The organization also began a program this fall that matches professionals from various fields with nonprofit boards on which they may be willing to serve.

"We were looking at our organization's size and how we could make sure it would be really sustainable long term from a funding perspective, from the budget side," said Casey Summar, director of the council's Volunteer Lawyers & Professionals for the Arts program in Nashville. "(Belmont) will be providing support that a larger institution can provide, from having departments of development and marketing and IT,all those that come with a big organization that can be a challenge for a smaller organization like ours."

Jamie McGee covers tourism, entertainment and technology.

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